She was half expecting Damien to say that she needed to offer him money or some sort of payment for what he'd been doing. She gently pulled her head back and raised her eyes,"...I don't have anything to give you in return for spending time with me." It was true, she'd replaced some bum and she literally had nothing with exception of her clothing on her body. The only thing she managed to do was wash up in the nearby lake.
Merope's sweet disposition could be almost sickeningly had she not been abused to this point she was at now. Everything was a crime, everything was a sin and everything needed to be paid back no matter how small.